Ballydesmond
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Ballydesmond (Baile Deasumhan in Irish) is a rural village in County Cork, Republic of Ireland, situated on the Blackwater River, near its rising in Menganine, directly on the Cork-Kerry border. In Irish Baile Deasumhain, meaning town of the Desmond, was named after the legendary freedom fighter, the Earl of Desmond, who it is believed hid out in the nearby hills.
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[edit] History
Ballydesmond boasts a history of a quite distinctive nature. Established as a model village, and named after the reigning British king, Kingwilliamstown was later renamed after Independence.
Ballydesmond is also home to the Tureengarriffe ambush, where British officers were killed during the Irish War of Independence by untrained members of the local flying column.
[edit] Local economy
Ballydesmond is a thriving local economic centre, dominated by the number two; two shops, two pubs, two funeral homes, two petrol stations, two quarries. Ballydesmond is home too, to the international company that is Munster Joinery, which employs over 1000 people from the locality.
[edit] Transport & communications
It is an ever expanding town on the main Cork-to-Tralee link.
[edit] Education
There are two primary schools in the district.
[edit] Sport & culture
- Ballydesmond is home to the local football team which sports the colours of yellow and blue. The team which has been successful in recent years within the Duhallow division at Junior A level, is equally representative of both sides of the border. Boasting a fine football pitch, the Nora Herlihy Park, unique in that it is one of only two G.A.A. pitches named after women, the other being Countess Markevitcz in County Sligo.
- It lies in the Sliabh Luachra area famed for its traditional Irish music and culture.
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